Comedy gigs are there because you are all in acceptance that the world is not the way it should be. You have to give yourself a break; otherwise, you would sit crying in a darkened room. Jon Richardson Read Quote
To say I wasn’t such a hit with the ladies would be a very kind way of putting it. I was a slow burner, shall we say. Jon Richardson Read Quote
I’ve had a lot of compulsions throughout my life which mainly started as a teen around the time I was doing exams. Jon Richardson Read Quote
OCD is a really serious condition – it’s a proper thing. It’s not just, ‘Oh, you like your pens to be straight’. For me, it would always go in tandem with being unhappy. The unhappier I was, the worse it got. Jon Richardson Read Quote
I remember a night when I was living in Swindon on my own, and I couldn’t sit on the couch because there were two cushions, and I couldn’t sit equally between them. Jon Richardson Read Quote
There are many problems with being a comedian: the travel, the late nights, the pressure, the fear of running out of funny things to say. Jon Richardson Read Quote
I love the privilege of looking back on my life every three years, turning it into a comedy show, and sharing it with an audience. It’s incredibly cathartic. Jon Richardson Read Quote
Each show is a very honest portrayal of how I’m feeling that night. It can go off in any direction. The show is different every night, and that makes it much more exciting. Every evening is unique. Jon Richardson Read Quote
Having a child has been the most unexpected privilege, as I spent so long on my own thinking it would never happen. Jon Richardson Read Quote
I’m very lucky to be a comedian, and I feel privileged that people come to see me in the expectation that I will make them laugh. Jon Richardson Read Quote
